Israel Says Intercepts Rocket Fired From Syria

Jerusalem, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2019 ) :Israel's military said its air defence systems intercepted a rocket fired from Syria on Sunday, after Damascus accused Israel of carrying out air raids.

"A short while ago, a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the 'Iron Dome' aerial defence system," an Israeli military statement said.

A military spokeswoman told AFP the rocket was fired from Syria. No further details were immediately provided.

Syrian state news agency SANA, quoting a military source, said Syrian air defences earlier Sunday responded to Israeli air raids in the south of the country.

Air defence systems "prevented Israeli air strikes from achieving their objectives in the south" of Syria, the report said without giving further details.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the region targeted was south of Damascus near the Kisweh area.

"Warehouses containing weapons for Syrian regime ally Hezbollah and Iranian fighters are located in that area," Abdel Rahman said.